Category: Health Newsfeed
December 22, 2017 – CVS and Aetna
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Anchor lead: Do big drug stores and health insurers belong together? Elizabeth Tracey reports Is the recently announced purchase of health insurer Aetna by CVS pharmacies likely to help or hurt consumers? Some pundits argue that access to basic health …
December 21, 2017 – Supporting Alzheimer’s Research
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Anchor lead: Paying just a little bit more for a stamp can really help Alzheimer’s research, Elizabeth Tracey reports An extra 10 cents for a stamp may not seem like much to you, but if many of us buy the …
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December 20, 2017 – Postage Stamp
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Anchor lead: A new postage stamp to support Alzheimer’s disease research has been released, Elizabeth Tracey reports Would you pay about 10 cents more for a postage stamp that gives the extra postage collected to support Alzheimer’s disease research? That’s …
December 19, 2017 – Early Heart Attacks
December 18, 2017 – Meds and Blood Pressure
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Anchor lead: A more tailored approach to managing high blood pressure is recommended, Elizabeth Tracey reports New management guidelines for high blood pressure have been released, and Michael Blaha, a preventive cardiologist at Johns Hopkins, says the need for antihypertensive, …